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Cycling i am hammering the mileage still this week i am upto around 65 miles and i am going out later.

Onepoll and global test market i am still waiting on 45 quid.

Cashback wise i have had a few tiny payments come in all have being dropped into savings. 30p lol

PA has picked by up 3quid off in avaliable 5quid odd in pending.

I have being and had a look at a new gym today and i am considering it 60 quid till the end of the year. I need to do something i look like a skinny tour de france cyclist yakkkk i have dropped about 20-25 kg since june.

Last edited by Scott_Weiland; 15-09-2017 at 3:19 PM.

Cashback Earnings YTD £46.04 Survey Earnings YTD £182.66
"Always always train, be the best version of you that you can physically be"

I have being chatting to someone off a dating site for 2 months. We have never met and dates were arranged but she would either cancel or was working down south. I havent heard from her in days and being honest she did mention about being up next week and us going on a date.

I text her last night and said sorry it wasnt going to happen re dates etc etc I was nice about it. We fell out the day before my date with my new lady she got dead arsey over something i called her via text.

Bar the back issues I had earlier in summer for a few weeks I have being cycling anywhere from 60-110 miles per week, and when I go out I have being using a garmin or tom tom watch to ensure I am pushing average speeds etc.

I used to compete in bodybuilding years ago and all I have done diet wise is basically stick to a dead rigid diet. I do what's called carb cycling which is basically where you eat 3 different levels of carbs

Ie a high day, a low day and a mid day. The amount of carbs is varied depending on how much I am cycling distance wise on a given day.

It's complicated but I have basically being eating loads of meals that are chicken or tuna, with sweet potato and pineapple and spinach. I have being having 3 meals of this a day, but the quantities of sweet potato vary depending on output.

Breakfast is oat meal and two bananas with honey. Then I have 2 protein shakes a day I sometimes chuck in other veggies and I have 2-3 cups of green tea a day. I haven't dropped super quick maybe 1-2 lbs a week there was a couple of weeks I dropped more.

I also do once a fortnight what's called a carb load which is disguisting but works. I would pick a non training day, and then a four hour period where i had nothing on. I would weigh myself at the start then for four hours basically eat loads of sugary carbs every 20 mins ie cereal, ice cream, muffins, frozen youghurt, cakes, haribo jellys etc etc then at the end of the four hours weigh myself again. From here after finishing two hours later I would go straight back on the strict diet. For a week the result is eating all the sugary stuff kicks the metabolism into gear rapidly and once your eating clean again the body fats burns at an astounding rate. The weeks after the carb load I would drop 2-3kg hence not doing it often.

Cashback Earnings YTD £46.04 Survey Earnings YTD £182.66
"Always always train, be the best version of you that you can physically be"

Well today for me is a dead quiet one I am knackered being honest I was out on the bike last night and did 25miles. I literally just got in and my mate text asking if I fancied going to see the last showing of IT. The film was brilliant but I hate clowns I really do lol. I have to ask as well when did cinema ticket become 10quid a pop gerrr?

Today my plans involve and I will do this in list form lol

Go do a tiny bit food shopping
Complete the laundry
Yoga stretching for 10mins
Eat loads as I am sore/achey etc
Complete surveys
Veg in front of the tv

Cashback Earnings YTD £46.04 Survey Earnings YTD £182.66
"Always always train, be the best version of you that you can physically be"

I dont think the carb loading would work for me Scott - I'd never be able to stop after four hours.

Still at least youre very positive and committed.

Re the cinema prices - I entirely agree. Just think if you've got a few kids as well! I now hit the Senior Citizen button when I order online - saves a few pennies. I've never actually looked though whether you qualify at 60 or 65!

Its a money money day for me, £9.08 arrived from PA. and i have just dropped another 5 from Swagbucks that should arrive in a few days.

Anyone struggling with pa i would continue with swagbucks its a good earner.

I am still waiting on 40 from one poll and 5 from global test market gerrrrrrrrrrrr

No cycling today but i have being to the gym and done a bit weights, project get muscly begins lol. I paid a tenner today and the guy was fine with me paying the rest of the money at the end of the week.

Cashback Earnings YTD £46.04 Survey Earnings YTD £182.66
"Always always train, be the best version of you that you can physically be"

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